Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith turns twenty this year, and is celebrating by lighting the box office on fire. The film, which concluded George Lucas’ prequel trilogy back in 2005 ...

Senior graphic design students are showcasing posters they’ve made of their favorite landmarks. Places like the Space Needle, for example. The exhibit is at the Tweed Museum of Art, and is ...

How fast does the human genome change? Scientists have attempted to answer this question by studying mutation rates over several generations, and they found that some parts of the human genome tend to ...

Understanding how human DNA mutates over time is key to decoding the origins of disease and the path of evolution. But until now, some of the most change-prone regions of our genome have remained out ...

The new investigation revealed that parts of the human genome change much faster than was previously known, laying the foundations for new insights into the roots of human disease and evolution. “It’s ...